A modelling approach to estimate the sensitivity of pooled faecal samples for isolation of Salmonella in pigs

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 365-372

  Arnold, Mark E ^a   Cook, Alasdair ^a   Davies, Rob ^b  

^a Centre for Epidemiology and Risk Analysis   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pigs; Pooled sampling mathematical modelling; Salmonella; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EPIDEMIC; FECES; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 33747117040     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2005.0057     Document Type: Article

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